Cantrips: Volume #1: Minor Magics Crafted to Amuse and Entertain by Joey W. Hill

Author:Joey W. Hill [Hill, Joey W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-942122-51-7
Publisher: Story Witch Press

Part Three

He didn’t take her to a sand bar in the middle of the ocean, as she expected. Instead, he took her somewhere she’d never been before. He saw her dare a glimpse as they came in for a landing. The unique blue color of the water would tell her that the small, uninhabited island was in the Caribbean. When he glided in over the thick tree cover, he dropped down into it to bring her to the narrow beach of a secluded lagoon. The water was flanked by caves and, as he took her hand, guiding her into the mouth of one, her face brightened at the discovery of a chain of pools that formed when the current receded. That left the sea life washed in on the high tide trapped until the next cycle. Right now, that included a small school of darting, bright-colored fish and a languidly gliding barracuda shark, unconcerned about his circumstances, probably because of the darting fish. The pools also included a scattering of crabs that might have scuttled up from the beach, preferring to dine on what the ocean left in the tidal pools.

David watched his witch dip a toe in, a pleased look flitting across her normally wary expression as she found it comfortably warm. He knew how much she disliked the cold. He also knew she liked to explore new surroundings before she settled into anything else. So unstrapping his daggers and setting them aside, he squatted in a casual perch on a rock, his bare toes making sure purchase on the wet surface as he watched her circle the smaller tidal pools to see what was in them. When she returned to the largest one, the one containing the shark, she stood on the opposite bank, studying the sand-dusted rock below the water’s surface. He was reminded of a sharp-eyed bird, particularly when she dove abruptly into the water. Her hand brushed the barracuda’s back as she moved to the center of the pool and descended to the bottom. She came back up with what looked like a cheap bangle bracelet, the rhinestones glittering from the shards of sunlight coming in through the cave opening. Making a satisfied noise, she put it on her arm.

“My mate loves a sparkly,” he observed with a faint smile.

“There’s another one,” she said, and dove again. David chuckled. He made a casual leap from the rock to a lower point, using his wings for balance. In reaction to his avian-like shadow, the troop of fish darted away, then back. A couple narrowly missed the snap of the barracuda’s jaws as they swarmed around him, careless of the danger he posed in their attempt to escape the threat of what David was sure they thought was a swooping pelican.

“Whoops, sorry about that guys.” Folding the wings along his back, he eyed the barracuda, back to lazily swimming. “You’re more irritable than hungry. I have a feeling there were a lot more fish in here earlier.”

Mina emerged again, this time with three more bracelets, in different colors, same style.

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